Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German film director, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States. Lang's most famous films are the groundbreaking science-fiction film Metropolis (1927) - the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release - and the influential thriller film M (1931), made before he moved to the United States. Lang's work had a significant influence on the film noir genre and in Hollywood, he made some classics himself, such as Scarlet Street (1945) and The Big Heat (1953).
44 directing credits · 20 acting credits
Directing · 44
Metropolis
1927
M
1931
The Big Heat
1953
Scarlet Street
1945
Fury
1936
The Woman in the Window
1944
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924
The Return of Frank James
1940
Clash by Night
1952
Man Hunt
1941
Rancho Notorious
1952
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922
Secret Beyond the Door
1947
Western Union
1941
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
Ministry of Fear
1944
Moonfleet
1955
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
The Indian Tomb
1959
You and Me
1938
Human Desire
1954
You Only Live Once
1937
The Blue Gardenia
1953
While the City Sleeps
1956
Destiny
1921
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
House by the River
1950
Woman in the Moon
1929
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1919
Cloak and Dagger
1946
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
Spies
1928
The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960
Journey to the Lost City
1960
Liliom
1934
The Wandering Image
1920
Harakiri
1919
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
Half-Blood
1919
Four Around the Woman
1921
Master of Love
1919
Acting · 20
German Film Award
1951
Contempt
1963
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975
The Film in the Film
1924
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004
From Caligari to Hitler
2015
Sibyl
2025
The Dinosaur and the Baby
1967
Paparazzi
1964
Conversation with Fritz Lang
1975
The Exiles
1989
Bardot et Godard
1964
Encounter with Fritz Lang
1964
Hilde Warren and Death
1917
Fritz Lang
1990
Voyage to 'Metropolis'
2010
For Example Fritz Lang
1968
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
2017
Master of Love
1919